Metallic seal for holding knots.



I. S. BREXSSIBTGTOBT= METALLIC SEAL FOR HOLDING KNOTS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6,1909.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

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Aizornay Q/aao/ 6% ISAAC S. BRASSINGTON, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC SEAL FOR HOLDING KNOTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 6, 1909.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910. Serial No. 476,525.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isaac S. BRASSING" TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ashland, in the county of Schuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Seals for Holding Knots; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in seals forholding knots from untying and comprises various details ofconstruction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will behereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in theappended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a perspective view showing the application of my invention to aknot. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a viewof the seal before being bent. Fig. 4: is a modification of theinvention, and Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the pieces shown in themodified form.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a plank of metal having wings B, C, D and E and each of saidwings is scored or perforated along the lines F in order to allow thewings to break readily when bent. The two wings B and D are providedwith elongated slots I-I parallel. to each other adjacent to one end andeach wing has recesses J adjacent to its base forming means whereby arope may pass therethrough without interference, as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. Each of the wings E and C is provided with an integralcontracted tongue 0 designed to be passed through registering slots inthe two arms B and D when brought together in the manner shown in thedrawings.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have shown a slight modification of theinvention in which the seal is made up of two separate strips,designated respectively by letters S and T, which in other respects aresimilar to the seal shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

I11 applying a seal, the wings are brought about the knot in the mannershown in Figs. 1 and 2, the strips 0 passed through the registeringslots in the overlapping ends of the wings B and D, thence bent back asshown, forming a secure locking means for the knot. By the provision ofthe wings having a perforated or scored line adjacent to their bases,said wings are designed to break along these lines in the event oftampering with the seal.

What I claim to be new is l. A seal for holding knots from untyingcomprising two pairs of wings adapted to overlap one another, one ofsaid pairs of wings being slotted and the other pair of wings beingimperforate and having straps adapted to be passed through said slotsand bent each at an angle to hold the seal in place.

2. A seal for holding knots from untying comprising two pairs of wingsadapted to overlap one another, one of said pairs of wings being slottedand the other pair of wings being imperforate and having straps adaptedto be passed through said slots and bent each at an angle to hold theseal in place, each of said wings having a series of recesses adjacentto its base.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ISAAC S. BRASSINGTON. Vitnesses GEO. F. KRAPP, Jos. J. KENNEY.

